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A Metal to Drag Transformation
30 August 2008 in Arts
Q: What do these two people have in common? A: They’re the same person!
The wonderful musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch is about to embark on an Australian tour. Melbourne metal performer Ezekiel Ox is performing the title role and, as this sequence of photos shows, the transformation was amazing.
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Links for 26 August 2008 through 30 August 2008
30 August 2008 in Daily Links
Stilgherrian’s links for 26 August 2008 through 30 August 2008, collected using a fine-meshed net and a spoon:
Interpreting Privacy Principles | Cyberspace Law & Policy Centre: The Cyberspace Law & Policy Centre is holding a 1-day Symposium o 2 October to discuss the Australian Law Reform Commission’s Report on Privacy (August 2008), and to take [...]
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Metal to Drag Transformation
30 August 2008 in Uncategorized
Here’s how Melbourne metal rocker Ezekiel Oz was transformed into glamorous transsexual Hedwig for the 2008 Australian tour of Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch plays for just three Sydney shows 16 through 18 September 2008 at The Metro Theatre before touring nationally. Book online or phone +61 2 9550 3666. -
Twitter changed my life
29 August 2008 in Internet, Media, Notes
Wow. Twitter really has changed the way I use the Internet. I now post well over 1000 tweets a month. Some of them are trivial or silly, but many are the quick observations or links to interesting things which I used to post as a “note” like this. If you’re not following my Twitter stream [...]
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Parking, by Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology
25 August 2008 in Human Nature
Dear Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology, the signs on Newtown Square saying “NO ENTRY” and “COUNCIL POLICE AND EMERGENCY VEHICLES EXCEPTED” do not mean you can park on the lawn. They mean the exact opposite.
There is legal parking only metres from where I took this photo last Tuesday 19 August. Please tell your driver that walking [...]
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